A Family Great War Story
With the Great War so much in the media and in our thoughts at this centenary of the Armistice, I felt I needed to look at my past to see where it took me. Although I knew something about the people in the following story, researching their lives and associated events further, pulling all the strands together and writing it down proved fascinating. I love the way events and lives interweave to lead us to where we are now. Seeing the story written down enables us to see this interweaving much more clearly and it brings it to life, much more so than a set of interlinked names and dates on a family tree. It's turned out a lot longer story than I originally anticipated as I've included some historic detail as well, but if you’re interested and have a few minutes, read on... It starts on the 11th April 1913 as the Oriveto (of the Orient Line) slips its moorings at London docks and sails off to Sydney with 981 passengers on board. One of those passengers was 21 year old Er...
